Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-18

All Sorts of Names Pound Among tn,
Congr"s~-~"m-thing tor the Pan.i-r
L" Look After.
The list Of representatives elect and ssua
tors m the Efrr.'h congress presents som.
curious feature me member /, v nifc, m
other Brown. while. >rlII another Is GRAY. I'll.
greatest variety pt temper and ii,pu-itiOn /,
represented Dur man l. Gay. another
Bland, another crisp. another NI-r tine /,
Long and ou, is lialr. Thrrr should i've ru
danger rt the ftrirth congress starving, for
there aI,. To- h.. found in it Oats and Rice and
Bacon, not /" mention big Cobb in the
huUs", II well deyeoi~rl Berry in the senate,
AMI though there i ~ far but one Hogg
among tn" 4Il statesmen chosen. the prospect
Of several Others turning up later on Is prom
Using. To satisfy the hlhuluus there l.. am
sorry 10 note. hu: one Glass AMI a little Peel.
sweetness and the proper spirits are appar-
entity wanting. though Glass and Peel could
possibly furnish both. If not, there is a But
Ter and q Stewart who may.
MANY trtleS arr represented There is a
Baker. n Fisher "A Weaver, a Cooper, a Ma.
son, a Clover. Hunter, a Miller Brewer,
Granger, Turner, TAYLOR and Sawyer
There are many men" too, among the mem
hers of this gr,.ss-Tillman, Merriman,
FREEMAN. B"othman, Herman Holman,
Chapman, Sherman. The great trio Of Jones
Brown and Robinson * for once broken
there are JoneSes and Browns, but not a
single Robinson was returned. As an Offset
To this, however, there are two Smiths and
one Thompson witha p" Presidential names
are represented by Washington Adams, Tav.
lor and Hayes, the Washing .vn being the
first of his name tr sit in congress, and hail.
ing not from Virginia, might he expected,
but from Tennessee
OTHER HISTORIC NAMES
Other historic names found in the list are
lee. Mason nnd Breckenridge. Main. sends
q Reed by no means slender OF weak; Illinoi.
a Post and Cannon, the latter having male
sad havoc among tn" enemy in former con-
gresses, when touched Off Maryland n Rusk,
and Missouri and Kentucky Stone each,
both Of them very unsatisfactory specimens
indeed Texas furnishes man with the san
culinary and suggestive name Of Kilgore. but
aS token of peace accompanies him with an
Abbott and Hare One member at least in
each house Of the national legislature when
1t next meets will be Plumb. though the hOrSs
goes the SenHt" one better as il were and
produces one Fuller. There Is a Lodge and a
Hall 10 be had IN the next congress, as well a.
a Lane with a Walker thrown iu The Seven
tecnth Pennsylvania district is represented bv
n Soul. while the representative Of the Four
teenth is Bound The state Of Missouri /.
represented in the senate by Vest. Vir.
ginia has It's Gaines IN the nsNt house mostly
on the Republican side and Wisconsin its
Price
There Is certain Suggestivene>s-a serial
story almnSt-in the names Bankhead, Bur
rows, Owen. Dunn and Morrow. The New
ork delegation carries Bliss into the next
house along with a Flood For many yean
the letter has been unrepresen,ed in CON. .
Ere>s; this time IT can boast of two names, |
\ oder and Iost. Texas sends Coke Of very .
poor quality. The Macs and the O's" are
well represented. there being ten Of the for. .
ner and four OF the latter There Is but one
'Patrick" who has the courage to print hi.
name i'll full. and that is Pat" Collins. Curl 4
'uS bartISmal names abound; for instance,
Iehu, Hilary. AdOuiTam, knute, Cherubusco,
3eriah and WcIty Beside such picturesque
names the Johns aud Williams, Georges and
IhomaSeS shrink into utter insignifcance.
hough they hold their own in point of num-
'ers by n large mn jority w ashington
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